Journal of Integer Sequences, Vol. 18 (2015), Article 15.7.4

An Aperiodic Subtraction Game of Nim-Dimension Two


Urban Larsson
Department of Mathematics and Statistics
Dalhousie University
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Halifax, NS B3H 4R2
Canada

Nathan Fox
Department of Mathematics
Rutgers University
110 Frelinghuysen Road
Piscataway, NJ 08854
USA

Abstract:

In a recent manuscript, Fox studied infinite subtraction games with a finite (ternary) and aperiodic Sprague-Grundy function. Here we provide an elementary example of a game with the given properties, namely the game given by the subtraction set {F2n+1 - 1}, where Fi is the ith Fibonacci number, and n ranges over the positive integers.

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(Concerned with sequences A000201 A001950 A003623 A026352 A089910 A242082.)

Received April 9 2015; revised versions received July 14 2015; July 15 2015. Published in Journal of Integer Sequences, July 16 2015.

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